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More than 4,500 Portuguese with a moderate and very high risk of diabetes were referred by pharmacies to their family doctor, as part of a national screening action involving approximately 8,100 clients, this Wednesday was announced . ] User references were made during the Gulbenkian Challenge "No to Diabetes!", Conducted between November 14, 2017 and May 1, 2018, with the aim of informing and preventing the development of type 2 diabetes, "a disease with"
The screening action involved 383 pharmacies in 64 municipalities, evaluating a total of 8,112 clients, according to ANF, adding that according to the association, 190 patients were diagnosed who did not know how to be a day.
According to the association, more than half of the Portuguese examined gave rise to about 2000
The method used by pharmacists was the risk assessment (Findrisk), with the technological support and the communication between the pharmacy system and the health data platform. Gulbenkian Innovation in Health program director of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Jorge Soares, has contributed to "the success of this program". "The first was the effectiveness of recruiting and identifying people at risk for diabetes, thanks to the exceptional collaboration of pharmacies to identify users, test them and refer them to health centers."
Health The second factor was the education of people for the future, with a focus on health centers. The success of the challenge was only possible thanks to the alignment of several partners: municipalities, pharmacies as an access point and health centers, "explains Jorge Soares in his press release .
Screening by assessing the risk of developing the disease such as obesity, smoking or family history is critical because diabetes is asymptomatic at first, but can result in damage to various organs, such as the kidneys, the eyes and the vascular system
. with a deregulated metabolic rate and high blood glucose, there is a greater risk of complications and can lead to death, "says Adelaide Figueiredo, doctor at the Diabetology Center of the Santarém Hospital District
. important to prevent injuries and associated complications, such as myocardial infarction, stroke or diabetic foot. 59002] In Portugal, diabetes affects more than a million people and receives about 200 new patients a day. To this number, more than two million people with pre-diabetes join
. It is estimated that about 44% of people with diabetes are undiagnosed. Therefore, early diagnosis is one of the priorities of the national program. for diabetes (PND)
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